Multiple Myeloma Testing at Mayo Medical Laboratories [Hot Topic] Multiple myeloma can be classified into active or symptomatic myeloma and smoldering. Stratification of active myeloma can be further stratified into standard-, intermediate-, and high-risk. This information is used to guide therapy and assess response to therapy. New tools, minimum residual disease assessment and next-generation sequencing […]

World Marrow Donor Day (WMDD): What Is Bone Marrow Transplant? Importance And Side Effects Observed on the third Saturday of September, World Marrow Donor Day (WMDD) is supported by the WMDA (World Marrow Donor Association) and EBMT (European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation), the day is actually a day to thank all donors worldwide […]

Engineering sophomore creates contact-prevention multitool Photo by Jennifer Dam | The State Press “The tool can open doors, push shopping carts, press buttons and act as a stylus for both capacitive and resistive touchscreen devices.” Illustration published Thursday, Sep. 17, 2020. By Joshua Geenen | 09/19/2020 12:56pm A sophomore at the Ira A. Fulton Schools […]

UnbreakaBell marching for myeloma research A Riverview resident will lead his family and friends this weekend as the head of Team UnbreakaBell in the 10th annual Winnipeg Multiple Myeloma March. Steven Bell said that, given the pandemic, everyone involved in the march is doing it on their own. SOU’WESTER Steven Bell and his family — […]

‘You adapt’: Living with and fundraising for a rare cancer during a global pandemic Article content continued Arleigh McCurdy is a hematologist who leads The Ottawa Hospital’s myeloma program. It sees about 130 new patients in the Ottawa region annually and follows close to 1,000. In the COVID-19 era, the stability of their treatment is […]

Treatment for Multiple Myeloma Ajai Chari, MD, discusses treatment for patients with multiple myeloma.

Love doesn’t cast out all fear By David Zuccolotto, Op-ed Contributor | Thursday, September 17, 2020 We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us…By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; There is no fear in love; but […]

CAR T-Cell Therapy For Multiple Myeloma – Michael's Story – Nebraska Medicine After conventional treatments weren’t effective, Michael Cox became our first patient to take part in a clinical trial for CAR T-cell therapy for multiple myeloma. Learn more in this brief video about how the treatment works and why his doctor is hopeful this […]

Novel Agents Rouse Responses in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma In just the past 5 years, incredible progress has been made in multiple myeloma, evidenced by the emergence of novel CD38 antibodies, BCMA-directed treatments, and cereblon E3 ligase modulators (CELMoDs), according to Thomas G. Martin, MD. “We have a lot of options that are coming up. It’s […]

Blood Cancer – Signs & Symptoms and Diagnosis | Dr. Sarita Rani Jaiswal Each and every case in blood cancers are unique and every type is unique. Hence, we require a Bone Marrow test to diagnose them. The three main types of blood cancer are leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma. Common symptoms like fatigue, weakness, rashes, […]